FAIRLEE — The Department of Fish and Wildlife says wardens have broken up an unlicensed captive hunting facility in Fairlee where people paid up to $6,000 to hunt exotic animals such as buffalo, sika deer and Texas Dall sheep.

The state said it charged 51-year-old Steven Hill and 21-year-old Chiaki Ito, both of Fairlee, in the case Friday after two undercover game wardens paid $750 each to hunt a Spanish goat and wild boar.

Hill and Ito are charged with operating the Hunt the Ridge facility. The state says about 200 animals remain on the property.